. The street railway review . etween 23rd and 59th streets, but within a short time the en-tire line was involved. A hea\y rain commenced on the night ofJanuary 5 and continued for so long a time that the drainage sys-tem proved inadequate to keep the water level in the conduit belowthe level of the conductory rails. When installed the drainage sys-tem was thought to be ample. 58 ^tiM^ilw^lSV^cW* THE LATEST IN AIR BRAKES. Supply is Carried in Reservoirs—No Charging on the Car 300 StopsWith One Supply. Foriiiore than .1 year past the G. P. Magann Air Brake Companyhas conducted exhaustive
. The street railway review . etween 23rd and 59th streets, but within a short time the en-tire line was involved. A hea\y rain commenced on the night ofJanuary 5 and continued for so long a time that the drainage sys-tem proved inadequate to keep the water level in the conduit belowthe level of the conductory rails. When installed the drainage sys-tem was thought to be ample. 58 ^tiM^ilw^lSV^cW* THE LATEST IN AIR BRAKES. Supply is Carried in Reservoirs—No Charging on the Car 300 StopsWith One Supply. Foriiiore than .1 year past the G. P. Magann Air Brake Companyhas conducted exhaustive at Detroit on a new type o(air brake, the purpose being to avoid the use of electric or axle-driven compressors, and provide a brake cylinder that would actmore sensitively in instantaneous release ot brakes, and eliminatingnoise and vibration. Through the hands of the companys inventorthese results have been attained. Widely departing from presentmethods of air lirako application, stored air is used confined in res-. C.\R WITH MAGANX AIR liRAKE. ervoirs fixed lo the car and filled l)y a hall minute charge from astationary steam or electric driven air compressor in the power sta-tion, or on the line at sutlicient pressure to allow a car an averageof 300 stops to be made. By this system the care and expense inci-dent to air brake machinery is reduced to a minimum, for there isvery little mechanism on the car. The broad claims of the com-pany for its storage air system are supported by an examination ofthe working of the brake on the Detroit & Pontiac Railway, whichhas had 12 cars thus equipped and in successful operation for thepast eight months. The system is extremely simple, the air being first compressedat the power station to 225 lbs. per sq. in. by means of a reciprocat-ing air pump located in the engine room, and driven directly bysteam. From the compressor the air is conducted to a large stor-
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